World War Against Radical Islam

Operation Roundup Continues to Target ISIS Remnants

U.S. soldiers with the
3rd Cavalry Regiment prepare a gun drill demo for partner forces at a
remote location near the Iraqi-Syrian border where artillery fire
missions are conducted alongside Iraqi partners as they continue
Operation Roundup, June 25, 2018. Army photo by Spc. Anthony Zendejas(Click
photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution
image available.

Operation Roundup, which began May 1 to
accelerate the defeat of ISIS in the Middle Euphrates River Valley and
Iraq-Syria border region, has continued to gain ground and remove terrorists
from the battlefield through offensive operations coupled with precision
coalition strike support, officials said.

On Aug. 14 near Abu Kamal, coalition military
forces conducted three strikes, destroying two ISIS command-and-control
centers, an ISIS command-and-control support facility and an ISIS supply
route.

On Aug. 13 near Abu Kamal, coalition military
forces conducted three strikes consisting of three engagements against ISIS
targets, destroying an ISIS vehicle and two ISIS lines of communication.

Strikes
in Iraq

There were no reported strikes conducted in
Iraq yesterday.

On Aug. 18 near Rutbah, coalition military
forces conducted two strikes consisting of seven engagements against ISIS
targets.

-- Near Rutbah, a strike destroyed an ISIS
vehicle.

-- Near Samarra, a strike destroyed two
ISIS-held buildings and an ISIS supply cache.

On Aug. 17 near the Hamrin Mountains,
coalition military forces conducted a strike consisting of six engagements
against ISIS targets, destroying an ISIS-held building and an ISIS vehicle.

There were no reported strikes conducted in
Iraq Aug. 14-16.

On Aug. 13 near the Atshana Mountains,
coalition military forces conducted a strike consisting of one engagement
against ISIS targets.

Additional
Strikes

On Aug. 12, coalition military forces
conducted three strikes consisting of four engagements in Iraq and Syria that
were not reported in the previous release:

-- In Syria near Abu Kamal, coalition
military forces conducted a strike, destroying two ISIS lines of
communication.

-- In Iraq near the Hamrin Mountains,
coalition military forces conducted a strike, destroying an ISIS supply
route.

-- In Iraq near Tuz, coalition military
forces conducted a strike, destroying five ISIS-held buildings.

Part
of Operation Inherent Resolve

These strikes were conducted as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, the operation to destroy ISIS
in Iraq and Syria. The destruction of ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria also
further limits the group's ability to project terror and conduct external
operations throughout the region and the rest of the world, task force
officials said.

A strike, as defined by the coalition, refers
to one or more kinetic engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic
location to produce a single or cumulative effect.

For example, task force officials explained,
a single aircraft delivering a single weapon against a lone ISIS vehicle is
one strike, but so is multiple aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against
a group of ISIS-held buildings and weapon systems in a compound, having the
cumulative effect of making that facility harder or impossible to use. Strike
assessments are based on initial reports and may be refined, officials said.

The
task force does not report the number or type of aircraft employed in a
strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of
individual munition impact points against a target.

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U.S.
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forces at a remote location near the Iraqi-Syrian border where artillery
fire missions are conducted alongside Iraqi partners as they continue
Operation Roundup, June 25, 2018. Army photo by Spc. Anthony Zendejas
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